Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
         Family Falconidae Vigors, 1824 - falcons, caracaras
           Subfamily Falconinae Vigors, 1824 - falcons
             Genus Falco Linnaeus, 1758
               Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 - American kestrel
                 01 Falco sparverius sparverius Linnaeus, 1758
                 02 Falco sparverius paulus (Howe & King, 1902)
                 03 Falco sparverius peninsularis Mearns, 1892
                 04 Falco sparverius tropicalis (Griscom, 1930)
                 05 Falco sparverius nicaraguensis Howell, 1965
                 06 Falco sparverius sparverioides Vigors, 1827
                 07 Falco sparverius dominicensis Gmelin, 1788
                 08 Falco sparverius caribaearum Gmelin, 1788
                 09 Falco sparverius brevipennis (Berlepsch, 1892)
                 10 Falco sparverius isabellinus Swainson, 1838
                 11 Falco sparverius ochraceus (Cory, 1915)
                 12 Falco sparverius caucae (Chapman, 1915)
                 13 Falco sparverius aequatorialis Mearns, 1892
                 14 Falco sparverius peruvianus (Cory, 1915)
                 15 Falco sparverius cinnamominus Swainson, 1837
                 16 Falco sparverius fernandensis (Chapman, 1915)
                 17 Falco sparverius cearae (Cory, 1915)